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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Pop star Rihanna has given $1.75 million to a hospital in her Caribbean homeland of Barbados in memory of her late grandmother.

Rihanna says the donation to buy three pieces of medical equipment was her way “giving back to Barbados.”

She made the comments during a Saturday ceremony with relatives at the island’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The hospital’s radiotherapy unit has been renamed the Clara Braithwaite Center for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine after Rihanna’s grandmother, who died in June.

Rihanna recently released “Unapologetic,” her seventh album in seven years.

STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s royal family says Princess Madeleine’s wedding will take place June 8 at the Royal Palace chapel in downtown Stockholm.

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s youngest daughter was engaged to U.S.-British boyfriend Christopher O’Neill, a 38-year-old New York banker, in late October. The 30-year-old Madeleine is fourth in line to the Swedish throne.

The royal family’s chief spokesman Bertil Tenert said Sunday that wedding organizers will now start planning details of the nuptials. He added that Madeleine’s wedding will be smaller than Crown Princess Victoria’s wedding two years ago in Stockholm.

The Swedish royal family has only ceremonial duties, such as supporting charities and promoting Swedish businesses.

NEW YORK — New York City police whistle-blower Frank Serpico says Al Pacino played him better than he did himself.

Pacino played the detective who exposed widespread police corruption in the 1973 movie “Serpico.” The Daily News interviewed the real-life Serpico in Ghent, in New York’s Hudson Valley, for a story published Sunday.

The 76-year-old retiree spoke weeks after the death of fellow whistle-blowing ex-detective David Durk.

Serpico smiled as an interviewer noted he is ranked No. 41, just behind Lassie, on the American Film Institute’s list of movie heroes. He says that’s “good company.”

The newspaper says Serpico keeps busy trying to finish a book and taking solitary walks.

Serpico and Durk’s efforts resulted in front-page newspaper stories and a city panel that recommended reforms to prevent police corruption.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama joined lawmakers from Congress and Hawaii at a memorial service in Honolulu to pay tribute to U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, who died Dec. 17 of respiratory complications.

Obama, who was born in Hawaii and is visiting the state on vacation with his family, was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama.

Inouye, a Democrat and the most senior U.S. senator, was a World War II hero who represented Hawaii since statehood in 1959. He was 88.

As the 19-gun salute sounded, rows of World War II veterans attending the ceremony were visibly moved.

Also attending the service at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific were Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, Sen. Daniel Akaka, a Democrat from Hawaii who is retiring, and Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command.

Obama spoke about Inouye during a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral on Dec. 21, saying the Hawaii senator had been one of his “earliest political inspirations.” The president said the late senator had served the country with “fundamental integrity.”

Speaking at the service in Hawaii, Locklear said Inouye “was in every way a giant. We have lost an irreplaceable American.”